Remote Computing Portal for Geotechnical Teams
An internal tool for a construction firm, designed to help geotechnical teams request and manage access to high-performance remote computers. Full UX/UI plus visual identity and design system built from scratch.
A self-serve internal tool for high-performance computing access
A construction firm's geotechnical teams needed a reliable way to request and manage access to high-performance remote computers, without going through IT support for every transaction. The portal centralizes machine requests, active machine management, service status, and a learning section into a single internal web tool.
The project required designing the full UX/UI from scratch, as well as creating a visual identity and design system, the team had no existing brand or component library to work from.
Homepage, three entry points guiding users to the right section based on their immediate need, with a persistent service status indicator in the nav.
UX/UI Designer, responsible for the end-to-end design of the portal, from information architecture to visual identity.
- Designing the full portal UX/UI: homepage, About, Learning, Resources, FAQ, Service Status, and the machine request flow
- Creating the visual identity, logo, color system, typography, and iconography, built as a small design system to ensure consistency across all portal sections
- Designing the step-by-step machine checkout flow with location-based filtering, confirmation states, and success/error feedback
- Designing the service status dashboard with real-time uptime metrics and incident severity levels
- Designing machine management actions, check in, reboot, extend, reassign, with appropriate confirmation patterns for irreversible actions
About page, side-by-side comparison of dedicated and on-demand machines, with use cases and direct request actions, helping users self-select the right service without support.
Machine checkout flow, a two-step process with cascading location filters (site, machine type) and a confirmation card before committing, reducing errors in an environment where machines are a shared resource.
Success and error states, clear feedback for both outcomes, with actionable next steps rather than dead ends.
Service status dashboard, uptime metrics across three time windows and a severity-coded incident log, giving teams visibility into system health without contacting support.
A complete product, from brand to interaction.
The portal covered the full lifecycle of machine access, request, manage, monitor, and learn, in a single coherent web experience. Designing the visual identity alongside the UX meant every decision was made in context, producing a product that felt intentional rather than assembled.